Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 22, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The PokerStars UKIPT schedule has been released by Pokerstars and it looks like it’s going to be an absolute cracker. There are 8 events currently penciled in with a ninth event expected to be added soon which will take place in Scotland. The UKIPT schedule currently includes eventsRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 21, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A long-time acronym use by poker players for the online poker site, UltimateBet.com has rebranded itself with the name UB.com. While not a significant change, the move is likely a way to put even more distance between the new management team and the cheating scandal that went downRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 21, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a relatively quiet match with Marcello “luckexpress” Marigliano that saw the Italian up $22k, followed by a back and forth with fellow high-stakes regular Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies that saw durrrr walk away $68k in the black, it fell upon English poker pro Sammy “any two” George toRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 20, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The PokerStars UKIPT (UK Ireland Poker Tour) is due to kick off on the 11th of December in Galway, starting with the Irish Poker Chanmpionship. This tournament is expecting to pull in some of the biggest poker players from around the UK and Ireland, and will probably attractRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 19, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s hard to imagine that a heads-up battle with $1,000,000 at stake could be described as unremarkable, but that pretty much sums up the first of the Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge matches between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Italian high-roller Marcello “luckexpress” Marigliano. The matches are being played inRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 17, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It seemed an inevitable outcome, since “Isildur1” showed up at the high-stakes poker tables on Full Tilt, that the unknown player would be involved in some history-making poker moments. And on Monday night “Isildur1” faced off against Full Tilt Poker pro Patrik Antonius and the two wound upRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 17, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

GSN’s recent poker reality-show ’2 Months 2 Million’ featured four top online poker pro’s trying to earn $2 million collectively over two-months. From November 17th -19th in London, England we’ll witness ‘2 Men 1Million’: When Full Tilt Poker pro Tom ‘durrrr” Dwan will pit his skills against poker’sRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 16, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

PokerNewsBoy have just recently launched it’s very own Rakeback section for all the poker players who get their daily dose of Poker News from PokerNewsBoy. You will be able to find a list of some of the very best poker sites that offer rakeback. So now PNB notRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 15, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Turkey Grand Slam Heads-Up Champion! Thanksgiving is here and that means a few things: Turkey, Football and Poker… also family, but I think I covered the most important three first. As you get ready for turkey day, spend some time honing your heads up poker skills to getRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 15, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This could well be the biggest surprise of the WSOP: ESPN’ ratings for the 2009 WSOP final table suffered a .1% drop-off from 2008. Garnering a 1.8% share, the coverage still pulled in 2.1 million viewers, but the poker industry was expecting a boon from a final tableRead Full Article